Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-Ky.) took to the floor of the House of Representatives Wednesday to decry an Environmental Protection Agency whose conduct he says that he says “rewards its friends and punishes its opponents.”

Public Campaign, along with Oil Change international, released a new report yesterday: "Payback Time? The Supercommittee & Fossil Fuel Subsidies." The report shows that the 12 members of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, or “supercommittee,” have received at least $4.2 million in campaign contributions from dirty energy interests lobbying to keep their wasteful taxpayer subsidies.